On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Dave Neary<dne...@gnome.org> wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > Tobias Mueller wrote: >> >> These results can be challenged by sending an e-mail to >> electi...@gnome.org. The challenges have to be sent before Tuesday, >> June 30, 2009, 23:59 UTC. Please note that these results should not >> be considered final until any such challenges have been resolved. > > Challenge! > > You just announced the results based on first-past-the-post, when the > elections were to be run using preferential voting, with single transferable > vote and fractional surplus transfer. > > Srinivasa and Diego get elected in that system instead of Jorge.
Dear Foundation Members, Dear Dave, We have received your challenge and accepted it as an issue. We have used the counting method "Random Transfer STV with Droop-Static-Whole threshold" which might produce different results if you change the order of the ballots. Although we ran the counting several times to check whether it produces different results, we did not see any: We have not changed the order of the ballots, or, to be more precise, the voting software did not change the order and thus the results were perfectly reproducible for all of us. We do, however, accept the fact that if you counted manually, you could gather a different result. This is the reason why we decided to use the deterministic "Fractional Transfer STV". Thus we will not declare the preliminary result announced on 2009-06-24 as valid. Instead, we will announce new preliminary results using Fractional STV soon, if there are no further objections. These results can then be challenged. As you stated that you wanted to have that method used, we assume that this resolves your challenge. Is that correct? We'd like to thank you for the challenge. At your service, The GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committee _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
